End of August

It's hard to believe it's the end of August. Did we have a summer?
David, the kids and I are doing fairly well. Jack is now army crawling all over the place. Lily's language has really boomed this summer. She can talk your ear off! She is still very quiet around people she doesn't know, but once she feels comfortable around you - watch out! I've also noticed that I'm not having to discipline her as much. I think she is coming out of the "terrible twos"! She still has her moments, but they seem to be less and less.

We found out today that my friend, LaRain had her baby! Congrats LaRain and Harm!! I can't wait to meet the little one.


Sweet girl!


Jack is a crawling, climbing fool!

Catching Up

Sorry for not blogging in awhile. Life has just been a bit crazy and I have been a bit lazy about downloading my pictures.
The last few weeks has been filled with different events.
Last weekend I met up with some of my friends from Webster University. Last time we all met up was January of 2008. It was good to see everyone again.


Webster friends: me, LuAnn, Jennifer and James


I also attended a baby shower for my friend LaRain. I forgot my camera, but will post some pics when I receive the pics from my friends who did remember their camera. For the shower, we went to breakfast and got our toes done. It was a perfect day!

David and I also had date night this last weekend! We got ourselves a babysitter, sat ourselves down at a Starbucks and just talked about anything that didn't include children or the house. Again, perfect!

Some events coming up....Lily will be starting school in September! She will have her buddy Zach in class with her. They are like brother and sister and should keep the teachers on their toes!

I signed up for a "Stamps in the Mail" program. I'll receive a stamp set and supplies in the mail. Then over the next three months, I'll receive instructions on different projects for that particular stamp set and supplies. This should cure some of my boredom I seem to have lately.
I'm looking at signing up for a sewing class in September as well. I have been talking about learning to sew for years now and perhaps this is the year!

Speaking of things I seem to talk a lot about....New York City! I'm hoping to arrange for David and I to go next summer for our anniversary! My parents offered to watch the kiddos for a weekend! Now we just have to plan! I've been talking about NYC for so long that one of my old college professors from I.U. and I reconnect on Facebook and she asked me "Did you ever make it out to NYC?" Huh? I don't remember talking about NYC in college, but I must have!

A couple of friends had birthdays this last week as well. Happy Birthday to Suz and Amy! Here is a picture of us "back in the day"... aka college. We went on Spring Break together. We hit Memphis on our way down to Florida. I remember it being a very fun trip!

Amy, Suz, me back in 1994


And back to the current year....


Lily stamping...


Jack close to crawling!!

Viernes!

Friday! This week went by quickly!! David and I woke up and were both surprised to see Friday on the calendar. This week the kids and I had playgroup with Cat and LaRain's kiddos and today we went to Nicole's house for playgroup with her kids. We also stopped by McD's playground on our cold cold Thursday. I think the high was 60 degrees. No plans this weekend. Perhaps David and I should be adults and get some stuff done around the house! We'll see what this weekend brings...


Jack is getting so big! He is now eating cheerios and he is getting closer and closer to crawling!
We are still working on solids with Jack. He likes baby apples and that is about it so far. We'll keep trying!



My last post my friend Amy noticed that I pretty much have a boppy attached to me at all times. It sure feels like it! I guess Lily wanted part of the boppy action.

Photographer Lily

We showed Lily how to take pictures last night. Probably not the best idea to give a 2 year old a camera, but what the heck!
Here are the pictures she took....

Better

Well, I'm feeling better. I did have a morning to myself on Tuesday and it really helped. I met up with a couple of my friends for "free pastry day" at Starbucks. We chatted for quite some time and it was a nice break! David and I are going to pick a day once a week where I can go off without the kids and just have some time to myself. This should help for sure.



David took this first picture yesterday of Lily and I am in awe of how long she is getting. Those legs!
Lily got all dressed by herself! Including the accessories of shoes and sunglasses!


This weekend was Lisa and Rik's annual Tiki Party. We had fun! I didn't take very many pictures and a few pictures didn't turn out well. This is Lisa, the hostess and Lily playing with a lei.



Jack-in-the-box